The debate focuses on those who have been wrongly accused of child abuse, which is not in and of itself a bad thing as being falsely accused, research suggests often through mistaken identity and factors like mental illness, is a real and important phenomenon that should be addressed. But this is not what puts the Lords to shame in this debate. It is their outright disregard for due process, personal bias and shameless protectionism that is embarrassing, and more than a little nauseating.